Dispensing container



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DISPENSING CONTAINER Filed March 25, 1933 *1 ll ,3 2 WiZZiamE'BunZ'e,

3 mm m Patented Dec.26,1933 r 1 1,941,051

j 'F TES PATENT v.ckrrlcs prsrts se ooN'rAlnnn I Fr Punte Syracuse, .N.Y. assignor to Sentimental Can Company, Inc New York, .N. 3C,- acorporation of New York Application March '25, 1933. Serial No.- 662,809

2 Claims; (C1. .221- 62)f I The'invention relates to-new and usefulimcesses extending vertically thereof disposed at provements in acontainer, and morepafrticuthe inner ends" of the cover member, and thelarly a container which may be used for. discover member hasinwardlyflbentportions which pensing the contents of the container incomspring'into these recesses and serve not only, as paratively. smallincrements. 3 a means for retainingthe cover member ion the 60 object'ofthe invention is .to providea concontainer, an also a'safritionalholding means .tainerof the above type wherein the-'I'contentsforholding thecover in itsopenor'closed'posimaybe dispensed through anopening .or opention. '11.;

ings in-the side wall of the container disposed Referringmore indetaillto. the drawing th'e close to the closure end of the-container'sothat improvedlcontainer consists of a body portion 1 65 v25 ing theinvention;

140 that the side walls throughout the greater por- .45 closure is freefrom pockets or recesses therein.

the entire contents maybe dispensed through having substantiallyparallel side walls 2 21am said opening or openings. V circular end.walls .3, 3 connectingQthe .same.

A further object of the invention is to provide. Secured to one end of"this 'bodyf'p'ortio'n is a a container of the above type with meanswhereclosure 4. The closure 4 is attached tothe body by the opening oropenings may be readily closed portion by an inrolling seam 5. It willbe noted '10 7 by a cover member located wholly outside of thethat'jthis closure 4 is free from recessesof any container and retainedthereon solely through character so that the contents of the containerthe spring action of the metal forming the cover will slide freely alongthe inner surface thereof 7 member. I 1 M if the container is invertedor turned on its side I These and other objects will in .part be obsothat the-contents come into engagement with 15 vious and will in part behereinaftermore fully said end. The other end of the container bodydisclosed. is closed by a closure 6 which is provided with a In thedrawing flange and may be solderedthereto, or it may be Figure l is aside view of a containerlembodyseamed thereto, or secured in any desiredI The container is filled, after which the end 6 is 80' Fig. 2 is anedge view thereof; attached. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3- 3of Injone of the end walls 3 there is a series of Fig. 1; openings '7,"I. It will be noted that these open- Fig. 4 is a vertical sectionalview on the lin ings are in horizontal rows as shown in the draw- 4-4 ofFig. 2; r ing, and the uppermost row is directly beneath 85 Fig. 5 is aview similar to Fig. 4, but showi g the closure member 4. These openingsare closed the cover member moved to aposition for closy a v s 8 whichis made of --v ing, the dredging openings, and. The cover member isshaped to conform to the Fig. 6 is a view showing a slightly modifiedcircular end wall. In the side wall 2 adjacent the form of dischargeopening inthe wall of the. end W 3 is an inwardly bent, Short Vertical 9container. 7 I bead '9 forming a recess 10 in said wall. In the Theinvention as shown is a plied t a other wall 2 there is also a bead 9aforming a tainer which is similarin shape'to a container recess TheveXtremeinnBl 19011310115 0f the that is oval in cross section, exceptfor the fact 60%! m m 8 are Curved w y as indicated at 11, and theseinwardly curved portions engage 95 tion of the extent thereofare'parallel, while the Within t recesses 10 a d a. p iv 1y.' Th endwalls joining the parallel side walls are circover member is so ap t aWhile t f r s cular. A closure is attached t e d of th to the end wallof the container, the end portions body portion by. an inwardly rolledseam, and this are sprung into this groove a d v yi d n pressure againstthe bottom of the groove. The .100 The other end of the body portion isintended groove as shown in Figures 1 and 4 extends to a to be closedafter the container has beenxfilled position 311513 below the closuremember The and the closing end may be attached to the body end walls ofthe groove serve as stops for limiting portion in any suitable way.Dischargeopenings the movement of the cover member 8. Said are formed inthe end wall of the container cover member 8 is provided with horizontalribs 11 adjacent the first-named'closure therefor, and l2, l2. It willbe noted that the operator holding these discharge openings areadaptedto be closed the container in one hand may readily place by asliding cover member located wholly outside the thumb or the finger inengagement with these of the container and'bent so as to conform in.ribs and slide the container either to closed or' shape to the s/ 1 T econtainer has reopen position, The spring of the metal of the closuremember will retain it in whatever position it may be set. One row ofopenings may be uncovered, or two rows, or all three rows, just asdesired. When it is desired to dispense the contents of the container,the openings are uncovered and the container is inverted and turned toan angular position, and by a slight shaking thereof, the contents willbe dredged through these openings, and the entire contents of thecontainer may be emptied through these openings, due to the fact thatthere are no beads or recesses forming pockets to entrap the contents ofthe container. Inasmuch as the openings 7 are directly beneath theclosure 4, there is no pocket between the openings and this closuremember 4 to entrap material when the container is inverted.

In Fig. 6 of the drawing, there is shown an opening 13 in the containerWall in place of the perforations. Otherwise, the container is of thesame construction as that above described. This provides the containerwith an opening through which the contents may be poured, and makes avery excellent container for pocket use and for dispensing tobacco orthe like. 7

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction maybemade without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth inthe appended claims.

Having thus described the invention; What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A container comprising a body portionhaving an end wall curved incross section, a closure secured to said body portion, said containerbody having a discharge opening in said end wall and verticallyextending recesses in the wall thereof spaced away from said opening, acover member conforming to the outer face of said end wall and havingthe end portions shaped so as to engage said recesses for retaining thecover member in sliding engagement with the container body, said sideportions of the cover member being shaped so as to provide a yieldingfrictional contact with said body of the container in said recesses forretaining the cover member in a set position on said container body.

2. A container comprising a body portion having an'end wall curved incross section, a closure secured to said body portion, said containerbody having discharge openings in the end wall, some of which arelocated immediately adjacent the inner face of said closure, said[container body having vertically extending reces'ses' in the wallthereof spaced away from said openings a cover member conforming to theouter face'of said end wall and contacting therewith and having endportions shaped so as to engage said recesses for 11;?

container in said recesses for retaining the cover 1'.

member in set position on the container body, WILLIAM" F. PlJ NTE.

